7th Infantry (Kaugnay) Division

Seventh Infantry Division
Coat of Arms of the 7ID
Active	January 03, 1942- June 30, 1946 (as 7th Infantry Division, PCA) August 1, 1988 - Present
Country	Philippines
Branch	Philippine Army
Type	Infantry
Role	Conventional Warfare, Anti-Guerrilla Operations
Size	2 Brigades
Part of	7th Military Area under the Philippine Commonwealth Army (1942-1946) Under the Philippine Army (Since 1988)
Garrison/HQ	Fort Ramon Magsaysay, Palayan City, Nueva Ecija
Nickname(s)	Kaugnáy Division
Motto(s)	Kaugnáy
Mascot(s)	Rice Fields of Central Luzon
Anniversaries	August 1
Engagements	World War II Communist Insurgency in the Philippines Anti-guerrilla operations against the NPA and local criminal elements
Decorations	Presidential Streamer Award
Commanders
Current commander	BGen Alan Luga AFP
Notable commanders	BGen Edgardo Batenga AFP, BGen Marcelo Blando AFP,BGen Orlando V Soriano AFP, BGen Jose Ma. Solquillo AFP, BGen Gregorio Camiling AFP, BGen Julius Javier AFP, MGen Ernesto Carolina AFP, BGen Alberto Braganza AFP, MGen Hermogenes Esperon Jr. AFP, MGen Romeo Tolentino AFP, MGen Jovito Palparan AFP, Gen Gregorio Pio Catapang AFP, Gen Hernando Iriberri AFP, Gen Glorioso Miranda AFP
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Armed Forces Occupational Specialty Insignia

The 7th Infantry Division, Philippine Army, known officially as the Kaugnáy Division, is the Philippine Army's primary Infantry unit specializing in rapid deployment.

After the War, The 7th Infantry Division of the Philippine Army is a known officially as the Kaugnáy Division was founding establishment on August 1, 1988, and they stationed and headquarters in Fort Ramon Magsaysay in Palayan City, Nueva Ecija. When the local government soldiers and officers under the Philippine Army 7th Infantry Division was sending the combat operations in the Central Luzon region and the engagements of the Anti-Communist Operations and helping aided and supported of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, Philippine National Police and the CAFGU militia forces against the communist rebels of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA) and other local criminal elements.

During the Communist Insurgency of the Philippines, Government soldiers under the P.A. 7th "Kaugnáy" Infantry Division sending the clear combat operations in some parts in Central Luzon including the provinces of Aurora, Bataan, Bulacan, Nueva Ecija, Pampanga, Tarlac, and Zambales and help them supported by the Armed Forces of the Philippines, Philippine National Police and the CAFGU militia forces through fought against the communist rebel force of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA) and other local criminal elements.

Their mission is to conduct sustained Internal Security Operations (ISO) in regions 3 to neutralize the armed wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP), the New Peoples Army (NPA) in order to create a physically and psychologically sound environment conducive for development and commerce.

The following are the Brigade units that are under the 7th Infantry Division.

The following are the Battalion units that are under the 7th ID.